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It was created in 2001, and in it five life zones have been identified with different characteristics of precipitation, temperature and predominant vegetation:



Tropical montane steppe.

Tropical humid-montane forest.

Very humid-subalpine tropical moorland.

Tropical pluvial-alpine tundra.

Tropical level.



Most of the territory is included in the so-called western mountain range, and a sector, especially in Junín, forms part of the intra-mountainous plateau.



The geomorphological features that prevail are glaciers and rocky areas of recent deglaciation, as well as mountain slopes in various ways.



There are numerous lagoons in the upper basin of the Cañete River, and numerous springs that are scattered in various places.



The presence of rains with marked seasonality is observed. The months of greatest rainfall occur between February and March. The dry season is July and August. Precipitation varies according to altitude.





The reserve is made up of two basins: the Alto Cañete basin, in the upper basin of the Cañete river, in the north of the Yauyos province, Lima region, and the Cochas-Pachacayo river basin, southwest of the Jauja province. , in the Junín region, which flows into the Mantaro River.

There are two ways to get to the Reserve. The South Pan-American Highway (Lima to San Vicente de Cañete, deviation at kilometer 144) and the Central Highway (deviation at kilometer 175), the first paved to Lunahuaná, and the second fully paved. It is possible to cross the entire reserve through paths that connect the two main roads. They are bridle paths.



It has an area of ​​221,268 hectares. And it presents a typical biological diversity of Andean areas, not very abundant, but specific to Andean areas and in some cases endemic to the region.



Some plant species are quinual (Polylepis racemosa), quishuar (Buddleia incana) and colle (Buddleia coriacea).



The most representative animal species are the duck (Anas bahamensis), great white heron (Casmerodius albus), huashua (Chloephga melanoptera), harrier (Circus cinereus), peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), condor (Vultur gryphus), muca (Didelphis marsupialis ), Andean fox (Dusicyon culpaeus), puma (Felis concolor), wild cat (Felis colocolo, Felis jacobita), alpaca (Lama glama pacos), llama (Lama glama), vizcacha (Lagidium peruanum), marmosa (Marmosa elegans), gray deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and vicuña (Vicugna vicugna).



The Reserve is in a vulnerable situation.



The biggest threats are mining, pollution and disorderly tourism.

In a lesser order are agricultural activity and the burning of vegetation, fishing and sport hunting, the destruction of platforms and archaeological remains, and the lack of an entity to manage the protected area.

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